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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. This Saturday, the 46th Annual Waikiki Roughwater Swim will take place – and it should definitely live up to its name and maybe more. Three hurricanes (Kilo, Ignacio and Jimena) have formulated in the Pacific Ocean in the week leading up to the 2.4-mile swim from the Diamondhead Volcano […]
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Round Two of the 22-mile The Swim Around The Islands goes to Mother Nature. So far, She is up 2-0 on the relay quartet of Joe Rainero (49, shown above), Matt Maurer (38), Triple Crowner Lance Ogren (44), and Mike Stresemann (54). Rainero summarized their effort, “We successfully determined
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. According to the Channel Swimming Association, Peter Frayne was an observer on Florence Chadwick‘s swim and had to jump in the English Channel to guide her after the water pump on her escort boat failed within three miles of shore. Prior to that call of duty, Frayne was below
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Bridgette Hobart Janesczko has successfully completed the longest 5 crossings of her The 5 Majors & The 4 Minors Swimming for a Cause event in the New York Finger Lakes. Her 5 swims have been long, difficult and thoroughly taxing: Stage 1 – Canandaigua 15.5 miles in 7 hours
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. With her escort boat piloted with Betty Billings and Belinda Stayton, and her crew anchored by her kayaking husband Bobby Janesczko, Bridgette Hobart Janesczko set off across the at Seneca State Park at 6:01 pm. 24 hours 31 minutes and 38 miles later, she walked up onshore at Village
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. As expected, the Italian teams dominated yesterday’s 5 km team pursuit 5 km event at the 1st Mediterranean Beach Games in Pescara, Italy. The gold medal went to the Italian team of Dario Verani, Andrea Bianchi and Arianna Bridi who won comfortably over their teammates of Andrea Manzi, Giulia
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Wilson Vinano Jr. is the visionary behind the Electronic Shark Defense System (ESDS) and 808 eSharkForce, an easy-to-carry and easy-to-swim-with shark deterrent system. Linda Kaiser and the Kaiwi Channel Swimmers Association have teamed up with 808eSharkForce and Vinano to extend an unprecedented invitation to all channel swimmers. “808eSharkForce will
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. While Michigan Governor Rick Snyder is leading up to 65,000 walkers across the Mackinac Bridge on the annual Labor Day Bridge Walk on September 7th, those walkers will also be able to see 84 swimmers below them in the inaugural Mighty Mac Swim across the Straits of Mackinac in
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Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. It is all for one and one for all with Joe Rainero (49, shown above), Matt Maurer (38), Triple Crowner Lance Ogren (44), and Mike Stresemann (54). The quarter will attempt a relay swim in South Carolina tomorrow where they will swim around Sullivan’s Island and the Isle of
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